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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANZ Af-FULLER, OF-NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE J. E. MERGOTTCOMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

' T all 'whomz't may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANZ A. FULLER, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar'Holders and Ash-Receptacles, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it pertains to make, conashes, burnt matches, and the like, andprovided with 'means for supporting cigars, cigarettes, etc.

The 1nvent1on relates more particularly to a novel'construction of acombined cigar holder and ash receptacle, comprising an upper and alower shell, the lower shell at its upper edge being provided withholding means, and the upper shell at its lower edge being provided withlocking means, said locking means having locking engagement with saidholding means. The principal object of this invention therefore, is toproduce a cigar holder and ash receptacle, for the'purposes aboveenumerated, which shall be neat in appearance, and-shall be of a simple,strong and durable construction, thus providing a device consisting ofbut two parts, said parts being of such shape as to lend themselvesreadily to manufacture by the use of suitable punches and dies fromordinary sheet metal, and can be readily and conveniently taken apartfor the'purpose of removing the ashes, burnt matches, etc., and thenagain assembled.

My present invention therefore consists in the novel construction of acombined cigar holder and ash receptacle embodying the principleshereinabove mentioned, and of a character to be more fully described inthe following specification. This invention consists furthermore in theseveral novel arrangements and combinations of the various .parts, aswell as in the details of construc tion of the same, all of which willbe hereinafter more fullv Set forth and then finally Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Au 112, 11919.

5 Application filed August 28, 1916. Serial N 0. 117,157.

embodied in the clauses of the claim which are appended to thisspecification.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 represents a plan view of the preferred form of myimproved device.

Fig. 2 represents a side elevation, partly in section, taken on linesoa-w of Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 represents an under plan view; and

Figs. 4 and 5 represent fragmentary views of the upper and lowersections, illustrating the locking and holding means, by means of whichthe sections are secured together.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the abovedescribed views to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the said drawings, the reference character '1 indicatesthe complete device, which consists essentially of, an upper and lowersection, namely, the lower ash receptacle 2, and the upper cigar holder3, secured to said ash receptacle ina manner to be hereinafterdescribed, said cigar holder having an aperture 4 through which ashes,matches, etc., may passinto the ash receptacle 2. v

The upper section or cigar holder 3 is blanked out from a single pieceof suitable sheet metal, and provided at its circumferential edge with aplurality of integral projections 5, preferably four in number, as shownon the drawings, said projections 5 being adapted to be turned over onthe inside of said holder 3 to form guides 5', the center of eachprojection 5 having a depression. 6 formed therein, which projectionsand depressions form the locking means for holding said cigar holder onthe ash receptacle 2. The upper surface of said holder 3 is providedwith a raised annular portion 7 forced out from the metal when theholder is blanked out, and this raised annular portion 7 is providedwith depressedportions 8, for the pn ose of receiving cigars,cigarettes, etc., anc for the purpose of permitting the ashes therefromto drop into the ash receptacle 2, the center of the holder 3 is cutaway, forming a circular aperture 4, which permits said ashes to dropinto the lower portion of the device 1.

The lower section or ash receptacle 2 is f rmed as hown in the dra ings,o a ingle piece of suitable sheet metal, the circumferen'tial'edge beingprovided with a plurality of integral holding ears 10, extendingoutwardly therefrom, said ears 10. being four in number to correspondwith the integral projections 5 formed on the cigar holder 3. The centerof each of said holding ears is apertured as at 11, which apertures aredesigned toreceive the depressions (l of the locking means 5, when thetwo'sections are broughttogether to form the completed cigarholder andash receptacle.

The outside peripheral edge of the cigar holder 3 is turned down,forming. a; flange 12, which flange forms a guide for centeringsaidholder 3 on the ash receptacle 2, the outside edge. of the holdingears 10 of said receptacle 2 beingin close proximity to the ina sideedge of the flange 12, and upon the sections being turned in oppositedirections,

' each of said ears will engage withone of the turned-over projectionson the holder 3, and

will be interlocked therein and guided thereby, so that further rotationin the same direction will force the ears 10 into the guides 5-of theturned-over projections 5 and cause the depressions 6 to snap intoengagement with the apertures 11, thus securely locking preventing acthetwo sections together and cidental separation thereof.

Owing to theiplain contour of the cigar holder 3 outside of the raisedannular portion 7,it; lends itself admirably for advertising purposes,and also, the inclined portion leadingto the center aperture 4, for thesame reasons, lends itself for the same purpose.

Experience has demonstrated that the organization above described is ahighly efficient one, and while the device described is the preferredembodiment of my present invention, I do not care to restrict myself, tothe exact details of construction, combination and arrangement'hereinset forth, it be- 1 ing obvious that minor variations thereof, not

involving the exercise of invention, may

"be made by any-skilled mechanic, and such departures from what isherein described and claimed, I consider Within the scope and terms ofmy claims.

I claim:

1. As an article of manufacture, a combined cigar holder and ashreceptacle, comprising an upper apertured shell forming the cigarholder, and a lower shell forming the ash receptacle, said upper shellbeing provided with a circumferential centering flange, portions of saidflange being turned prising an upper shell forming the cigar holder, anda lower shellforming the ash receptacle, said upper shell being providedwith a raised annular and apertured portion, theraised portion beingprovided with depressed portions for the reception of cigars, said uppershell being further provided with a circumferential centering flange,said flange being provided with a plurality of integral projectionsextending inwardly from the circumferentialedge of the holder, eachprojection being provided with ,holding means thereon, the lower shellbeing provided with a corresponding plurality of cars extendingoutwardly from the circumferential edge of the said lower shell, eachear being'provided with receivingmeans, the holding means in saidprojections adapted to snap into engagement with the--' receiving meansin said ears when the two sections are rotated-in opposite directions.

This specification signed and witnessed this 25thday of August, 1916.

' FRANZ A. FULLER. Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FISCHER, W. H. CONKLIN.

